# Paralpenus

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Paralpenus
| authority = Watson, 1988
| type_species = ''Hyphoraia atripes''
| type_species_authority = [Hampson](/source/George_Hampson), 1909
}}

'''''Paralpenus''''' is a genus of [moth](/source/moth)s in the subfamily [Arctiinae](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) from the [Afrotropics](/source/Afrotropics). The genus was described by Watson in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/paralpenus/ |title=''Paralpenus'' Watson, 1988 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Paralpenus atripes](/source/Paralpenus_atripes)'' <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
* ''[Paralpenus flavicosta](/source/Paralpenus_flavicosta)'' <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
** ''Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger'' <small>(Hering, 1928)</small>
* ''[Paralpenus flavizonatus](/source/Paralpenus_flavizonatus)'' <small>(Hampson, 1911)</small>
* ''[Paralpenus julius](/source/Paralpenus_julius)'' <small>Kühne, 2010</small>
* ''[Paralpenus strigulosa](/source/Paralpenus_strigulosa)'' <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
* ''[Paralpenus ugandae](/source/Paralpenus_ugandae)'' <small>(Hampson, 1916)</small>
* ''[Paralpenus wintgensi](/source/Paralpenus_wintgensi)'' <small>(Strand, 1909)</small>
** ''Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis'' <small>Dubatolov, 2011</small>

==References==
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{{Reflist}}
*Watson, A. (1989) "A review of ''Spilosoma''-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". ''Entomologica Scandinavica''. '''19''': 251–291.
*{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}

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Category:Spilosomina
Category:Moth genera

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